"""08 DECEMBER 2015 - KO WAI, NAKHON NAYOK, THAILAND:  A woman walks through her just harvested rice paddy during the rice harvest in Nakhon Nayok province, about two hours north of Bangkok. Thai agricultural officials expect rice prices to go up by as much as 15% as global production of rice is cut by the Pacific Ocean El Niño weather pattern. Thailand's rice production is expected to drop in the coming year. Persistent drought has reduced the main crop, currently being harvested, and the military government has ordered farmers not to plant a second crop of """"dry season"""" rice to conserve Thailand's dwindling supply of water. Thailand's water reservoirs are at their lowest seasonal levels in recent memory and little rain is expected during the dry season, which lasts until June.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ"""
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